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Aug. 18, 1925.

O; S. PAYZANT REVOLVING DUPLEX TICKET CABINET Filed April 6, 1923' WJT'NESSES 2 Sheets-Sheet'l 1- IN VEN TOR A TTORNE YS Aug. 18, 1925. 1,550,630

yO. S. PAYZANT REVOLVING DUPLEX TI`CKET CABINET Filed Apr-'1116, 1925 2 sheets-sheet z f INT ERLIN E ATTORNEYS WITNEssEs Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

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- nppueatin mee' Aprile, 19231 f serial'v No-.fee'oze TooZZ.wfiom--mayoncemf v 1 Bevr 'itklncwvnA that'y I, @crm-ef Si Pieranuna citizen'v of the United Statesg, and a= resident of the city of New York,{b'orough of Manhattan, in the county andState'ofiv New York, have invented al new 'Improved Revolving Duplex Ticket' Gabi-net, of which the following isa full, cl'ear, and eXact'description. Y

Thisfinve dispensingV devices 'andi' particularly to` an improved arrangement Vof revolving ticket f cabinets and their association together and withx windows whereby` a maximum number off'cabinets mayv be associated? with each window. I 1

l'rnotherobject of theinvent'ion is tol provide an arrangement Vof ticket cabinets whereby four .independent 'sets of ticketsfar'e i conveniently positioned in' respect vto each window tl'iroughwhich the" ticketsl are disj pensed.

' A still further'y object, morel s peciically, Y

is; to provide an". arrangement of cabinets 'in connection with dispensing window-'sf for railroad stations whereby'the various'eabi.- nets maybeA rotated and either' face vpresented to the'ticket agente l In the accompanying'drawin'gs 'Y Figure 1- is a horizontal sectionalview through part cfa set of ticket windows and V"associated devices includingl rotatablelcabinets co-acting with; lthe windows; saidfarrangement embodying certain features of the invention.V r

VFigurel 2 is a sectional view? throughl'liligure I approXi-mately'on line Q 2.

In rail-"roadjV stations'- and elsewhere` is found; certain space allotted. for the sell-ingV or dispensing of tickets and; this space is-'usu'arlly enclosed! bya lwallhavinga large numbei" of windows through v-hichv the'- tickets aredisp'ensed.v Back ofthewindow'sare arl ranged cabinets or holders o'fsome.l kind vfor retaining the tickets before they are' dispensed. In order toserve a: largel` territory i thesev cabinets heretofore have 'been very ntion relatestoa system of!" ticket l road' and.' other ticket selling booths to change thev tickets in af given cabinet to a particular seller who is: responsible forl all the tickets and; consequently,v ywhenl that seller leaves the window he locksvup his cabinet .or'booth and. closes'fhis window so thatino one canmolest his tickets.A i l If ticket sellerI works? 8 hours jeach= day, there willi be 1.6 hours when hiswindow will bey closed. In order to serve the public a large number of," windows have'y heretofore been providedso that when one ticket seller' leaves afterhavingy completedV his days work', `another ticketV seller.v will report for. dutyand will open another. window and: sell from" an.- otlier cabinet. In large cities, the demand for.V tickets isv so-i large that" aineXtremely large place'is required for each railroad to properly serve the public in dispensingtickets; I-'n order to reduceY this space and yetpronide ample service forthe public, thc

present invention.contemplates the'. usel of specially constructed: cabinets whereby four sets of tickets may beA` dispensed: from the saine window and each setl willi be arranged so asto' be independent of the other set and capable'y :ofi being. sealedr against. use by anyonebut' the proper ticketseller.

As shown in-l liigure' 1f,` the various wirrdow's l2 are of the usual size: and provided with wall structures- 2. arrangedv therebetween, a centrali-pointfof the,- various. wall structures 2 ju'suallyfy being approximately 5'Y is arranged a' horizontal bar v5" as' shown in Figure-@which extends tothefront wall 2 'wherebyrv there are provided spaced sup.

ports for the track 6, ywhich track" extends the'fulll length of the? series of 'windows l andl receives the various carriages 7 con# u necte'd with the various cabinets-8. Each of the cabinets 8 is provided with any desired number ont caster wheels 9 whereby the cabinets may be moved longitudinally of the track 6 and by reason of the use ot the casters 9 and theV pivotal supporting bar 1() which connects the respective cabinets with their carriages, a swinging or rotary movement may be given to each cabinet as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1. These cabinets are of special construction and are made comparatively thin, usually approximately twelve to fourteen inches thick. Each cabinet 8 is divided into two independent sections by the division walls 11 and'12 and a cannecting transverse wall 13. The wall 13 with the division wall 11 divides part or" the cabinet so as to present a space 11 tor interline tickets and a space 15 for local tickets. The wall 13 and wall 12 divides the other part of the cabinet so as to present an interline ticket space 141- and a local ticket space 15', said spaces being of the same shape and size as the spaces 11 and 15 and provided with the same ticket receiving pigeon holes, compartments and the like. Preferably a door or several doors are provided for closing the respective spaces 111, 11', 15 and 15. 1t will be observed that the space 15 and space 11 act together as indicated particularly in Figure 2. When the `doors 16 and.17 are open the ticket seller may sell any ticket desired.

1t will be understood that the comparti ments or sections 11 and 15 contain tickets for the entire railroad system. The opposite halt of the section is likewise provided with tickets for the entire railroad system so that the two cabinets for each of the windows 1 contain four sets of .independent tickets, each set being the private supply of i an independent ticket seller and may be readily sealed against molestation by locking the doors 16 and 17 and any other closures which may be provided, as Jfor instance, the lower doors of the cabinet. `When a given ticket seller is selling from a given window, he uses his supply of tickets and when his days work is done he closes and locks his side of the cabinet. The new ticket seller who takes his place will pull out the cabinet and rotate the same as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 and then push the cabinet back to its original position, IThis will allow the second ticket seller to sell from the sections 111 and 15. When the second ticket seller has nished his work and a third seller appears, the second ticket seller closes and locks his cabinet and the third ticket seller unlocks one face of the opposite cabinet. Ordinarily, three ticket sellers to a window is sufficient as each seller works :tor eight hours. However, if the third or any of the ticket sellers should become sick or should be absent for a day or more, the second cabinet to the window may be reversed and the fourth supply of tickets for that window may be used by Va supply agent or extra ticket seller.

By this method of having reversing cabinets and having each halt lot the cabinet containing a complete line of tickets, four ticket sellers may use one window so that the window will be in constant use instead of closed as is now the common practice. This arrangement also permits eachticket seller to lock his section of the cabinet and thereby prevent an unauthorized person from molesting his tickets for which he is responsible. This arrangement also will permit two ticket sellers to operate at the same window at the same time and sell tickets Jfrom-independent cabinets.

Vhat l claim is 1. A system of ticket sellingjbooths, comprising a wall provided with a plurality of windows, a pair of ticket carrying cabinets arranged between each pair of windows, each oit' said cabinets being rotatable and provided with ticket supporting structures on each face.

2. A ticket selling or booth system tor railroads and the like, comprising a front wall having a plurality of windows and a pair of rotatable ticket carrying cabinets arranged between each window on one face of said wall whereby tickets from' opposite sides of each two cabinets may be dispensed Y throughthe same window.

8. A series of ticket booths, comprising a d plurality of windows anda pair of cabinets arranged between each of said windows, each of said cabinets having a set of tickets arranged on each face, and means for rotatably supporting the cabinets in place.

1. The combination with a series of windows, of a cabinet arranged between each two windows, each of said cabinets having ticket receiving members on each face whereby either lace of the cabinet may be used when dispensing tickets through said windows, supporting means for each of said cabinets, said supporting means permitting a manual rotation of any cabinet and the movement of any cabinet substantially parallel with the windows, and a track associated with saidfcabinets for guiding the cabinets as they are moved substantially parallel with said windows.

-5. The combination with a series of windows, of a pair of cabinets arranged in each window, each of said cabinets having ticket receiving members on each face whereby either Jface of the cabinet may be used when dispensing tickets through said windows, supporting means for each of said cabinets, said supporting means permitting a manual rotation of any cabinet and the movement of any cabinet substantially parallel with said windows, and a track associatedA with said cabinets for guiding the cabinets as they are moved substantially parallel With. said Windows. Y p y n y 6. The combination With a series oiiwindoWs having a Wallspace between'the re- 5 spective Windows, of a pair of cabinets arranged opposite each of the Wall spaces, each pair of said cabinets being approximately equal in thickness tothe Wall space whereby substantially the entirel Window space is left for the ticket seller` when dispensing from the cabinets, each of said cabinets being r0- tatable and formed With identical ticket .re-

ceiving members on each face.

OCTAVE' S; PAYZANT. 

